Spacecraft Power Systems
暫譯: 太空船電力系統

這本《太空船電力系統》的第二版全面涵蓋了太空船電力系統的基本原理、設計權衡、組件、控制和操作，基於成功飛行數十年的太空船的實際設計和操作。它還包括用於行星間旅行的高電壓、高功率的太空推進系統。

第二版包含了新的和更新的章節、部分和討論，涵蓋了最新的高電壓、兆瓦級電推進系統、更新的光伏（PV）和電池系統、太空船電力組件、電力電子學及其架構和操作。本書還介紹了最新的太空船設計流程和權衡、控制、操作和保護。

本書適合機械工程、航空航天工程和電氣工程的高年級本科生和研究生，參加太空系統、太空工程和太空船電力系統的課程，以及從事設計、開發和操作太空船電力系統的航空航天和電力工程師及管理人員。

Mukund R. Patel, PhD, PE, is Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. He has served as Principal Engineer at General Electric Space Division in Valley Forge, PA; Fellow Engineer at Westinghouse Research Center in Pittsburgh, PA; Senior Staff Engineer at Lockheed Martin in Princeton, NJ; Development Manager at Bharat Bijlee (Siemens) in Mumbai, India; and 3M McKnight Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He has over 50 years of internationally recognized experience in research, development, design, and education of the state-of-the-art electrical power equipment and systems. Dr. Patel obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Power from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Pittsburgh; M.E. in Electrical Machine Design with Distinction from Gujarat University; and B.E. with Distinction from Sardar University, India.

He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Senior Life Member of IEEE, Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, Chartered Mechanical Engineer in the UK, and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and Omega Rho. Dr. Patel is an Associate Editor of Solar Energy, the journal of the International Solar Energy Society. He has presented and published over 50 research papers at national and international conferences and journals, holds several patents, has earned NASA recognition for his exceptional contribution to the power system design for the UAR Satellite, and was nominated by NASA for an IR-100 award. He has authored five textbooks published by CRC Press and major chapters on electrical power in handbooks such as the International Handbook on Space Technologies published by Praxis and Springer, Energy Storage in Technology, Humans, and Society Towards a Sustainable World, and Solar Power in Marine Engineering Handbook published by SNAME in 2022.

Omid Beik, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 2016. He was a Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Manchester, UK (2011-2012), a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2016-2017), a Senior Engineer with Magna Powertrain Inc., Concord, Ontario, Canada (2017-2018), a Lead R&D Engineer with Mirus International Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2018-2019), a Senior Manager with Forte Mobility Co. Ltd., Aurora, Ontario, Canada (2020-2021), and an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University (2021-2023), Fargo, ND, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA. He founded Enercs Inc., an early-stage technology startup in Toronto, Canada that specialized in the research and development of state-of-the-art technologies in power electronics, electric machines, and drives for applications in renewable energy systems and electrification. Enercs Inc. held exclusive rights to a portfolio of patents and related inventions. Dr. Beik has authored the book DC Wind Generation Systems, Design, Analysis, and Multiphase Turbine Technology, Springer, 2020, and co-authored the books Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis, and Operation, CRC Press, 2021, Multiphase Hybrid Electric Machines: Applications for Electrified Powertrains, Springer, 2021, and Spacecraft Power Systems, CRC Press, 2024. He has authored/co-authored a portfolio of peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and patents. Dr. Beik is a Senior Member of IEEE and has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Power Engineering Letters, and as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification and the IEEE Electrification eNewsletter. Dr. Beik has served in various roles in the organizing committee of IEEE/International conferences.

穆坤德·R·帕特爾（Mukund R. Patel），博士，PE，是美國海事學院（U.S. Merchant Marine Academy）名譽教授，位於紐約州金斯波因特（Kings Point, NY）。他曾擔任賓夕法尼亞州福吉谷（Valley Forge, PA）通用電氣太空部門的首席工程師，賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡（Pittsburgh, PA）西屋研究中心的研究員，紐澤西州普林斯頓（Princeton, NJ）洛克希德·馬丁公司的高級員工工程師，印度孟買（Mumbai, India）巴拉特比傑利（Bharat Bijlee，西門子）公司的開發經理，以及明尼蘇達大學杜魯斯分校（University of Minnesota, Duluth）的3M麥克奈特傑出訪問教授。他在電力設備和系統的研究、開發、設計和教育方面擁有超過50年的國際認可經驗。帕特爾博士在紐約州特洛伊（Troy, NY）的倫斯勒理工學院（Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute）獲得電力工程博士學位；在賓夕法尼亞大學獲得工程管理碩士學位；在古吉拉特大學（Gujarat University）以優異成績獲得電機設計碩士學位；以及在印度薩達爾大學（Sardar University）以優異成績獲得工程學士學位。

他是英國機械工程師學會（Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK）的會士，美國航空航天學會（American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics）的副會士，IEEE的高級終身會員，賓夕法尼亞州的註冊專業工程師，英國的特許機械工程師，以及Eta Kappa Nu、Tau Beta Pi、Sigma Xi和Omega Rho的成員。帕特爾博士是《太陽能》（Solar Energy）期刊的副編輯，該期刊由國際太陽能學會出版。他在國內外會議和期刊上發表和展示了超過50篇研究論文，擁有多項專利，因其對UAR衛星電力系統設計的卓越貢獻而獲得NASA的認可，並被NASA提名為IR-100獎。他是CRC Press出版的五本教科書的作者，並在《太空技術國際手冊》（International Handbook on Space Technologies，出版者：Praxis和Springer）、《技術、人類和社會中的能源儲存：邁向可持續世界》（Energy Storage in Technology, Humans, and Society Towards a Sustainable World）以及2022年由SNAME出版的《海洋工程手冊中的太陽能》（Solar Power in Marine Engineering Handbook）等手冊中撰寫了主要章節。

奧米德·貝克（Omid Beik），博士，於2016年在加拿大安大略省漢密爾頓的麥克馬斯特大學（McMaster University）獲得電氣與計算機工程博士學位。他曾在英國曼徹斯特大學（University of Manchester）擔任研究生研究員（2011-2012），在麥克馬斯特大學擔任博士後研究員（2016-2017），在加拿大安大略省康科德的馬格納動力傳動公司（Magna Powertrain Inc.）擔任高級工程師（2017-2018），在加拿大安大略省布蘭普頓的米魯斯國際公司（Mirus International Inc.）擔任首席研發工程師（2018-2019），在加拿大安大略省奧羅拉的福特移動公司（Forte Mobility Co. Ltd.）擔任高級經理（2020-2021），以及在美國北達科他州法戈的北達科他州立大學（North Dakota State University）電氣與計算機工程系擔任助理教授（終身職追蹤，2021-2023）。他目前是美國科羅拉多礦業學院（Colorado School of Mines）電氣工程系的助理教授（終身職追蹤）。他創立了Enercs Inc.，這是一家位於加拿大多倫多的早期技術創業公司，專注於電力電子技術、電機和驅動技術的研究與開發，應用於可再生能源系統和電氣化。Enercs Inc.擁有一系列專利及相關發明的獨佔權。貝克博士著有《直流風力發電系統：設計、分析與多相渦輪技術》（DC Wind Generation Systems, Design, Analysis, and Multiphase Turbine Technology），Springer，2020年，並共同撰寫了《風能與太陽能發電系統：設計、分析與運作》（Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis, and Operation），CRC Press，2021年，《多相混合電動機：電氣化動力傳動系統的應用》（Multiphase Hybrid Electric Machines: Applications for Electrified Powertrains），Springer，2021年，以及《航天器電力系統》（Spacecraft Power Systems），CRC Press，2024年。他已發表/共同發表了一系列經過同行評審的期刊和會議論文及專利。貝克博士是IEEE的高級會員，曾擔任IEEE能源轉換期刊（IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion）和IEEE電力工程快報（IEEE Power Engineering Letters）的編輯，以及IEEE交通電氣化期刊（IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification）和IEEE電氣化電子報（IEEE Electrification eNewsletter）的副編輯。貝克博士在IEEE/國際會議的組織委員會中擔任過多個角色。